3D Movies Never Released on 3D Blu-ray [including digital only releases]

[robtadrian]

Nice list!

ABCD Anybody Can Dance (2013) https://www.bam.org/film/2015/abcd-any-body-can-dance

Some info about a 1950s film from Italy
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...&theater&ifg=1


I realize that maybe music rights are holding some of these up but it would be great to see Alamo Drafthouse or a similar theater have a festival to show some of these..

I know you're focusing on features but here's a short I came across that I think hasn't been mentioned anywhere...The Viewer
https://www.kinolorber.com/film/icanseeyou

[Menteith]

My understanding is that all are conversions, except for Gone with the Bullets which is partially shot native. But this is only from my notes - I do not have a source unfortunately.

Originally Posted by the13thman

Thanks, I had Gone With the Bullets but was hoping someone would post the rest. I know most of the others are conversions but before I list them, do you know if any are actually native?

There are also some silver age Korean films I think, and other foreign films missing from my lists if anyone can help with those.

[robtadrian]

Per this site Eldorado/Highway to Hell got a release in 2011 on the British House of Fear label (?)

Wow read your post below and searched..I'd actually written about it and forgot! https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...light=eldorado

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by robtadrian

Per this site Eldorado/Highway to Hell got a release in 2011 on the British House of Fear label (?)

Wow read your post below and searched..I'd actually written about it and forgot! https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...light=eldorado

It came out flat on DVD (Highway To Hell is a shorter cut) but no 3D blu ray ever materialised. I had forgotten that I started the thread about it here myself!

[cinerama]

Jivaro will be released by the 3D Film Archive.

[MattMN]

Can you add the IMAX movie "A Beautiful Planet" to the post-97 native list? It was released in IMAX theaters in 2016, narrated by Jennifer Lawrence. It's only 47 minutes long.

For post-97 conversions, we also have Michael Jackson's Thriller - it debuted in October 2017 at various film festivals but no 3D blu-ray release as of yet.

There's also Britney Spears Live: The Femme Fatale Tour 3D - it was filmed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto in 3D by 3ality Digital (I think it was broadcast in 3D on Epix on November 2011) but the home video release is regular blu-ray only, no 3D.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by the13thman

That was always the plan, so I will get to it, I just need to find the time! Same goes for anaglyph releases and partial 3D, but the 3-D Film Archive cover all of that already so I'm in no hurry there. If anyone wants to copy the lists and fill in any details though, I'm happy to paste them back in.

Having said that, that level of detail will take a lot of work given that many of these were shown here and there in Europe and I'm not sure how helpful it will really be, as Chinese conversions are now like Western ones in that the more care they take the better they are. It's probably easier to just highlight the big budget studio conversions for now. Worst offenders are Fox and Disney, of course.

I watched Wolf Warrior II last night in 2D and would bet money on the 3D being up to Hollywood standards, it was in the first one. But it looks like I will never know. I would have happily paid to see it in 3D but instead I watched it for free in 2D, because that's what 2D versions of films released theatrically in 3D are worth to me.

I didn't realise the 3D in the first Wolf Warrior was that good. Shame the second one didn't get a 3D blu. I've not seen either yet but I need to get round to it at some point.

[robtadrian]

National Geographic Sea Monsters 3D has only an anaglyph release (came out in 2009 a year before the first polarized 3D was issued

[Biss Skyler Bluray]

A South Korean film named Northern Limit Line was shot with 3d cameras and was released in theaters in South Korea in 3d but has no blu ray 3d release, not even in Hong Kong.

https://www.blu-ray.com/Northern-Limit-Line/526732/

[deltatauhobbit]

It amazes me that The Emoji Movie and Trolls haven't received a 3D release anywhere in the world, they were decent enough hits for animated films.

[wildbill722]

I have been holding my breathe waiting for your list to finish.

Well after looking at your list Mr. 13th, I feel pretty relieved there are not more on there that I am really sad about. Yes I would like for every title on your list to be on 3d blu ray and yes that are quite a few outstanding movies on your list, but looking at the positive that list does not hold a candle to the list of 3d blu rays we do have.

But you are right. Why not put these out on 3d blu ray? All the hard work was done.

My final thought. I do have genuine hope that many of these will see the light of day as 3d blu rays one day. They are just waiting for someone who sees the profit in it; or someone who loves 3d. Maybe one of us?

Where are you Shaggy?

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by wildbill722

I have been holding my breath waiting for your list to finish... I feel pretty relieved there are not more on there that I am really sad about. Yes I would like for every title on your list to be on 3d blu ray and yes that are quite a few outstanding movies on your list, but looking at the positive that list does not hold a candle to the list of 3d blu rays we do have. But you are right. Why not put these out on 3d blu ray? All the hard work was done... I do have genuine hope that many of these will see the light of day as 3d blu rays one day.

I don't think the list is finished post-1997, but it's close.

I am most sad about the unavailability of EVERY SINGLE ONE of the films on those lists, but most of all the Golden and Silver Age titles, as those will have the best 3D and will have been shot on film. All the hard work is done in terms of new digitally-shot films but getting celluloid onto digital gets harder the worse condition the materials are in.

It's crazy to me how the second 3D Blu-ray came into existence there wasn't a rush to release all these films. The ones we do have are so superior to today's tame fare that these unreleased titles alone would outclass almost everything released in the last 20 years

[robtadrian]

A Frosty Affair (aka 40 Below and Falling 2015 Canadian TV movie shot in native 3D!) http://40belowandfalling.com/go/

Mentioned on this site:
Found Footage 3D
Rock Dog
Black Butterfly-conversion
Alter Bridge Live at Wembley

13th Man..For your pending IMAX list
Wings Of Courage
Dream Big
Nascar 3D

I'd also like to see compilations of the material shown on Sky 3D, Comcast 3D and ESPN 3D as well as the other 3D channels. I'd especially like th London Olympics opening ceremony released.

[gazadams]

A frosty Affair will be out soon on 3d blu ray as well as Found Footage .

[dhvsfan]

Originally Posted by robtadrian

13th Man..For your pending IMAX list
Wings Of Courage
Dream Big
Nascar 3D

I'd also like to see compilations of the material shown on Sky 3D, Comcast 3D and ESPN 3D as well as the other 3D channels. I'd especially like th London Olympics opening ceremony released.

For the IMAX 3D movies NOT released on 3D Blu, Aircraft Carrier: Guardian of the Seas

13thman - Thanks for all your hard work prior to and after becoming a moderator !!!!

[wildbill722]

Originally Posted by the13thman

I don't think the list is finished post-1997, but it's close.

I am most sad about the unavailability of EVERY SINGLE ONE of the films on those lists, but most of all the Golden and Silver Age titles, as those will have the best 3D and will have been shot on film. All the hard work is done in terms of new digitally-shot films but getting celluloid onto digital gets harder the worse condition the materials are in.

It's crazy to me how the second 3D Blu-ray came into existence there wasn't a rush to release all these films. The ones we do have are so superior to today's tame fare that these unreleased titles alone would outclass almost everything released in the last 20 years

I have to gird my loins, every time I look at these lists thinking about what we should have. I try to be positive but it isn't easy, when there are so many that are so close to being viewable. The good news I do have HIGH hopes that the right person will make this happen one day. This is one area where 3d can still shine.

But I do thank you very very much for the list. These are worth fighting for. I wonder if we could do a "go fund me" project here. You pick out the one you like best and see if we can get Bob or someone else to see if it can be done.

[Robert Furmanek]

When 3-D Blu-ray first hit around 2011, we tried to convince everyone that held rights to these properties to work with us and move forward to release on 3-D Blu-ray. Nobody was interested and all adopted a wait-and-see attitude. It was a classic chicken or egg scenario.

Paramount got a LOT of complaints about HUGO (crosstalk on poor displays) and because of that outcry, would not release HONDO in 3-D in 2012 even though the Wayne Estate offered it to them on a silver platter.

Warner Bros. finally took a chance but spent SO much money on each title - up to $300K for just one film - that any chance for profits went out the window.

The only reason we began to get our titles out was because we owned the rights and had the luxury of being flexible with our licensing terms. Frank Tarzi took a shot when he was at Olive and it was uphill from there.

But we received many, MANY rejection letters while some companies (Shout for one) expressed interest and then strung us along for more than a year before officially declining any of our titles. Criterion passed on 3-D RARITIES ("The material is not interesting") and that's been our biggest seller.

It's been a long, uphill battle across the board. Thankfully, we've established a successful formula for delivering high-quality restorations for pennies on the dollar (we make next to nothing, to be honest) but Richard Lorber and Kino are securing the licenses and we'll keep plugging along.

[T. Warren Scollan]

I may have missed something here, and please, T13thM, correct me if I did, but what about "El Corazon y la Espada" ("The Sword of Granada")?

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by T. Warren Scollan

I may have missed something here, and please, T13thM, correct me if I did, but what about "El Corazon y la Espada" ("The Sword of Granada")?

Added. There are still plenty of foreign titles missing, Italian, Russian etc. Any help with those would be much appreciated.

[Damon1281]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

Paramount got a LOT of complaints about HUGO (crosstalk on poor displays) and because of that outcry, would not release HONDO in 3-D in 2012 even though the Wayne Estate offered it to them on a silver platter.

Which is weird because this is easily my favorite 3d movie and it looks great on both my displays, neither of which are top of the line I don't think.

Anyway, thanks for your continued efforts!